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  1. I am working on a villain who is around to return the world to the stone age, or a bit earlier if possible. 8-)

    I would imagine you would get close to maximum allowed Drawback points from Enemies alone. Not to mention your immunity messing up your own use of things if you aren't careful. Most antibiotics, for example. Or vending machines.

    What defines technology? Where is the line between the machine and the product produced by it? Since the elements promethium, technetium, and plutonium don't occur naturally on Earth, are you immune to their radiation but not to that of potassium or radium which are natural?

    Might I point out that bullets are quite a bit older than the Industrial Revolution, as well? Musket and blunderbuss, anyone?

  2. I am working on a villain who is around to return the world to the stone age, or a bit earlier if possible. 8-)

    I would imagine you would get close to maximum allowed Drawback points from Enemies alone. Not to mention your immunity messing up your own use of things if you aren't careful. Most antibiotics, for example. Or vending machines.

    What defines technology? Where is the line between the machine and the product produced by it? Since the elements promethium, technetium, and plutonium don't occur naturally on Earth, are you immune to their radiation but not to that of potassium or radium which are natural?

    Might I point out that bullets are quite a bit older than the Industrial Revolution, as well? Musket and blunderbuss, anyone?

  3. I am working on a villain who is around to return the world to the stone age, or a bit earlier if possible. 8-)

    I would imagine you would get close to maximum allowed Drawback points from Enemies alone. Not to mention your immunity messing up your own use of things if you aren't careful. Most antibiotics, for example. Or vending machines.

    What defines technology? Where is the line between the machine and the product produced by it? Since the elements promethium, technetium, and plutonium don't occur naturally on Earth, are you immune to their radiation but not to that of potassium or radium which are natural?

    Might I point out that bullets are quite a bit older than the Industrial Revolution, as well? Musket and blunderbuss, anyone?

  4. Cripes man, look out the frikkin' window. :)

    I do, and I see Eve's descendants everywhere. Perfectly good people, most of them, but you wouldn't believe (well, maybe you would) the kinds of fits religious groups used to throw whenever somebody suspected a baby carried both Eve's and Lilith's lineage in their veins. I'd rather not face that kind of grief.

  5. Cripes man, look out the frikkin' window. :)

    I do, and I see Eve's descendants everywhere. Perfectly good people, most of them, but you wouldn't believe (well, maybe you would) the kinds of fits religious groups used to throw whenever somebody suspected a baby carried both Eve's and Lilith's lineage in their veins. I'd rather not face that kind of grief.

  6. Cripes man, look out the frikkin' window. :)

    I do, and I see Eve's descendants everywhere. Perfectly good people, most of them, but you wouldn't believe (well, maybe you would) the kinds of fits religious groups used to throw whenever somebody suspected a baby carried both Eve's and Lilith's lineage in their veins. I'd rather not face that kind of grief.

  7. About the Clown Exterminator... sorry, Top Cat, but after talking with the folks at Atomic Think Tank it looked like the contagious disease element had to go. Still working on the same thematic concept, but having to approach it from a different direction. Right now I'm waiting to see if another background idea will fly (I PM'd a bit of it to Barnum) for the undercover good guy making balloons out of clowns.

  8. About the Clown Exterminator... sorry, Top Cat, but after talking with the folks at Atomic Think Tank it looked like the contagious disease element had to go. Still working on the same thematic concept, but having to approach it from a different direction. Right now I'm waiting to see if another background idea will fly (I PM'd a bit of it to Barnum) for the undercover good guy making balloons out of clowns.

  9. About the Clown Exterminator... sorry, Top Cat, but after talking with the folks at Atomic Think Tank it looked like the contagious disease element had to go. Still working on the same thematic concept, but having to approach it from a different direction. Right now I'm waiting to see if another background idea will fly (I PM'd a bit of it to Barnum) for the undercover good guy making balloons out of clowns.

  10. I can't think of any trait that you could drain that would automatically wreck his life and put him out on the street. Even if you could Drain benefits (which is a crazy violation of descriptors, in my opinion), the lost PPs return at a rate of 1 PP per round. He'd be poor for like a minute.

    One, Slow Fade would be a must for such an effect.

    Two, how would you translate Plutomancy or Plutophagy spells from Unknown Armies into M&M, in general? Sure, the Blast spells are easy, as are the mind-affecting spells. But spells that directly mess with someone's finances?

  11. I can't think of any trait that you could drain that would automatically wreck his life and put him out on the street. Even if you could Drain benefits (which is a crazy violation of descriptors, in my opinion), the lost PPs return at a rate of 1 PP per round. He'd be poor for like a minute.

    One, Slow Fade would be a must for such an effect.

    Two, how would you translate Plutomancy or Plutophagy spells from Unknown Armies into M&M, in general? Sure, the Blast spells are easy, as are the mind-affecting spells. But spells that directly mess with someone's finances?

  12. I can't think of any trait that you could drain that would automatically wreck his life and put him out on the street. Even if you could Drain benefits (which is a crazy violation of descriptors, in my opinion), the lost PPs return at a rate of 1 PP per round. He'd be poor for like a minute.

    One, Slow Fade would be a must for such an effect.

    Two, how would you translate Plutomancy or Plutophagy spells from Unknown Armies into M&M, in general? Sure, the Blast spells are easy, as are the mind-affecting spells. But spells that directly mess with someone's finances?

  13. 8. The following rules apply to powers and feats that allow for multiple characters (specifically Duplication, Summon, Minions, and Sidekick):

    1. The effective PL of Minions and Sidekicks is limited to one half the PC's PL, rounded down.

    2. Minions cannot use Combined Attack, and as a group, they can never provide more than a +2 bonus to any other character through the Aid Another action. (This does mean that one minion could help another minion, while a third minion helps a fourth minion, but not all three minions helping the fourth minion.)

    3. All Minions must have the same stats.

    4. Sidekicks may not use the Progression feat. Multiple Sidekicks are possible, but they come at full cost.

    5. Duplication and Summon are not allowed as Alternate Powers of other powers, such as Magic or Cosmic Energy Control.

    Is the PL of a Summoned Minion set to the rank of the Summon power, or are extra ranks possible for additional characters points by lowering the final PL (I'm looking at the tradeoff Mimic uses for rank vs. point pool here)?

    All Minions must have the same stats. Is giving them a Variable power all right so that they could have different mundane skills (such as professions) from one another?

    Should I use an Empower, a Transform, or a Summon Minions with the Attack, Range, and Sense Dependent (hearing) mods to get a volunteer from the audience and make him be a competent stunt clown even if he'd never performed before?

    Also, is it legal to modify Transfer so both sides of the equation affect the same trait for the target, Boosting the trait so long as he fulfills some requirement I set, and Draining it when he fails to do so? Such as granting 2 or 4 points worth of Wealth so long as he does something regularly, and wrecking his life and putting him out on the streets if he refuses to do it.

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